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  Vito Genovese: The Mafia's Deadliest Don 21.09.2026 30λ

  Vito Genovese: The Mafia's Deadliest Don 28 Sep 2023 --- Check out Squarespace: Website Builder — http://squarespace.com/biographics — Create a Website in Minutes — Squarespace for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet For more biographies, check out https://www.biographics.org Check out Karl's channels: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Further Reading: https://books.google.ro/books?id=Ps_04cWxKz4C&q=vito+genovese+November+21,+1897&pg=PA233&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=vito%20genovese%20November%2021%2C%201897&f=false https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-Masseria https://blogs.shu.edu/nyc-history/2020/02/21/castellammarese-war/ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/nyregion/answer-to-a-question-about-a-mobsters-death-in-coney-island.html?_r=0. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1946/09/17/102267077.pdf https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/54/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/historyofmafia0000hawt/page/102/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/80/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/historyofmafia0000hawt/page/120/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://allthatsinteresting.com/vito-genovese https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://www.history.com/news/what-was-operation-underworld https://www.thoughtco.com/charles-lucky-luciano-971950 https://nj1015.com/the-story-of-willie-moretti-one-of-njs-most-infamous-mobsters/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/10/10/89967397.pdf https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/108/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/historyofmafia0000hawt/page/120/mode/2up?view=theater https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/02/15/90048380.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/11/apalachin-meeting-on-this-day-in-1957-the-fbi-finally-had-to-admit-that-the-mafia-existed.html https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/mafiaencyclopedi00sifa_0/page/186/mode/2up?view=theater https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/04/18/80770381.pdf Nigel Cawthorne - The History of the Mafia Carl Sifakis - The Mafia Encyclopedia Selwyn Raab - Five Families New York Times archive (subscription needed) Crime Magazine - https://web.archive.org/web/20110825074500/http://crimemagazine.com/hunting-down-vito-genovese-wwii-italy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Enlightenment: Stumbling in the Gloom 21.09.2026 33λ

  The Enlightenment: Stumbling in the Darkness 20 Feb 2024 --- → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1000297.pdf https://www.foodreference.com/html/html/coffee-suppression-dec23.htmlhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montesquieu/ https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/English-Coffeehouses-Penny-Universities/ https://www.britannica.com/summary/Spanish-Inquisition-Key-Facts#:~:text=The%20Spanish%20Inquisition%20was%20a,to%20widespread%20death%20and%20suffering. https://thepenngazette.com/the-secrecy-and-enlightenment-of-freemasons/ https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/rousseau1762.pdf https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/31/voltaire-spread-darkness-not-enlightenment-france-should-stop-worship-paris-statue-racism-black-lives-matter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Industrial Revolution: The Emergence of the Contemporary World 21.09.2026 35λ

  The Industrial Revolution: The Birth of the Modern World 7 Nov 2023 --- The years of the Industrial Revolution are not clearly defined, but the period spanned both the American and French Revolutions, the expansion of empires into the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the opening of the American West. It began in the 1700s with a shift in one of humanity’s oldest necessities, the need to make cloth to protect their bodies from the elements. The textile industry was the first to be mechanized, to create modern manufacturing and shipping methods, even the first to adopt supply-side engineering, though it wasn’t yet called that. Here is the story of the Industrial Revolution, described by some historians as “…the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing”. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/Industrial-Revolution https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Kay https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/apr/03/cotton-capital-how-slavery-made-manchester-the-worlds-first-industrial-city https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/70-newcomen-engine https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/boulton-and-watt-engine/ https://www.corsacoal.com/about-corsa/coal-in-steelmaking/ https://steelmuseum.org/i-s-hall-of-fame/cort_henry.cfm http://www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/history-of-canals/#:~:text=Examples%20of%20Roman%20canals%20in,and%20the%20Bourne%2DMorton%20Canal. https://www.nationaltransporttrust.org.uk/heritage-sites/heritage-detail/ticknall-tramway https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/chapter3 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22909590 https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/cooke-and-wheatstones/#abstractart https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph/ https://www.ctemag.com/news/articles/thread-history-and-measurement https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/mccormick_hi.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  John C Fremont: The Mapmaker 21.09.2026 32λ

  John C Fremont: The Pathfinder 25 Apr 2024 --- John Charles Frémont was an explorer, topologist, botanist, soldier, politician, railroad tycoon, gold miner, abolitionist, and one of the most controversial entities in the opening of the American West. He achieved fame and infamy, wealth and destitution, military command and court-martial. His life was as up and down, challenging and exhilarating, as the trails he blazed across the continent. He was born under the surname Frémon [pronounced FrayMON’], the illegitimate son of a French-Canadian schoolteacher named Charles Frémon and Anne Whiting, the married woman he had been hired to teach French. Anne was married to John Pryor, a Richmond tobacco merchant of considerable wealth. However, Pryor was in his 60s, and his young wife was but 17 years of age, so the dashing French-Canadian soon swept her off her feet. When Pryor learned his young wife was having an affair with her tutor, he enlisted the Virginia authorities to have Frémon arrested. Frémon and Anne fled to Savannah, Georgia, where she gave birth to a son on January 21, 1813. The infant was given the name John Charles Frémont, retaining the French aigu [Egg-oow] over the letter e in his last name, indicating it was pronounced with the sound “-ay”. Though texts still record his last name with the aigu, it is almost uniformly pronounced with the sound of “ee”, as in “free” or “tree”. Eventually Frémon made his way back to Norfolk, Virginia, where he died in 1818 after failing to obtain a writ of divorce from the Virginia Assembly. His widow and children found themselves with little income. They moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where young John, well aware of the circumstances of his birth grew to be a rebellious, proud youth, unencumbered by friends and somewhat contemptuous of rules and societal norms. A Charleston lawyer named John Mitchell took an interest in Anne, and thus in her son John, and helped provide his early education. In 1829, young John entered the College of Charleston, though indifferent attendance led to his withdrawal in 1831. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Link Tree to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-C-Fremont https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000398 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jessie-Ann-Benton-Fremont https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=22 https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/John_C._Fremont https://americanexperience.si.edu/historical-eras/expansion/pair-westward-apotheosis/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Bear-Flag-Revolt https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-california/ https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-31 https://archive.org/details/fremontpathmarke0002nevi/page/n7/mode/2up https://home.treasury.gov/about/history/freedmans-bank-building/financial-panic-of-1873#:~:text=The%20Panic%20of%201873&text=One%20of%20the%20worst%20happened,in%20American%20projects%2C%20particularly%20railroads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Norman Rockwell: America's Most Emblematic Artist? 21.09.2026 37λ

  Norman Rockwell: The Most Iconic American Artist? 9 Jan 2025 --- #art #biography #history → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Larry's Sources: https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/visual-arts/norman-rockwell--the-problem-we-all-live-with/ https://www.wikiart.org/en/norman-rockwell/scout-at-ships-wheel-1913 https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/doctor-and-doll/2002-02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_from_Want#/media/File:%22Freedom_From_Want%22_-_NARA_-_513539.jpg https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/05/rockwell-the-war-years-2/ https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/11/09/rockwell-painting-windfall-gardner-schools https://www.artpublikamag.com/post/the-sweet-story-behind-norman-rockwell-s-hilarious-painting-the-young-lady-with-the-shiner https://www.artpublikamag.com/post/can-you-spot-all-the-errors-in-these-april-fools-covers-by-norman-rockwell https://stockbridgechamber.org/things-to-do/ https://mysticmuseumofart.org/event_program/norman-rockwells-323-saturday-evening-post-covers-tell-me-a-story/ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-live-adventures-of-mike-bloomfield-and-al-kooper-mw0000195047 https://www.muhlenberg.edu/gallery/thepermanentcollection/tripleselfportrait/ https://www.artchive.com/artwork/the-runaway-norman-rockwell-1958/ Karl's Sources: https://www.putthison.com/illustrated-style-norman-rockwell/ https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/doctor-and-doll/2002-02 ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Norm MacDonald: The Humorist On The Outside #sponsored 21.09.2026 31λ

  Norm MacDonald: The Comedian On The Outside #sponsored 31 Dec 2025 --- Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Norm-Macdonald https://fee.org/articles/norm-Macdonald-and-the-economics-of-comedy/ https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/canadian-comics-reflect-on-ottawa-yuk-yuk-s-days-with-norm-Macdonald-if-it-started/article_bb4c6d16-9cb0-547c-821f-bc77fbbfe3f4.html https://bigbellycomedy.club/artist/norm-Macdonald/ https://jacobin.com/2021/10/norm-Macdonald-anti-politics-anti-comedy-snl-subversion-stand-up  https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3661189/who-norm-Macdonald-ex-wife-connie/ https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-remembering-norm-Macdonald-the-greatest-canadian-standup-of-all-time  https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/Norm_Macdonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_Update  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/sports/don-ohlmeyer-dead-television-abc-nbc.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/03/arts/tv-notes-ohlmeyer-vs-Macdonald.html https://web.archive.org/web/19991204105657/http://www.saturday-night-live.com/snl/news/1999/january/norm-oj-jokes.html https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/06/norm-Macdonald-poker-hand-31262.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/arts/television/norm-Macdonald-dead.html https://deadline.com/2021/09/norm-Macdonald-dead-obituary-comedian-saturday-night-live-weekend-update-anchor-was-61-1234833212/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221109233702/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/05/29/norm-Macdonald-nothing-special-netflix/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/05/29/norm-Macdonald-nothing-special-netflix/ Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Oda Nobunaga: The Great Unifier of Japan 21.09.2026 30λ

  Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos four times per week.https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1TopTenz PropertiesOur companion website for more: http://biographics.orgOur sister channel TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/Our Newest Channel about Interesting Places: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIwThis video is #sponsored by Squarespace.Source/Further reading:https://www.kcpinternational.com/2019/06/three-great-unifiers-japan/#:~:text=Three%20samurai%20from%20central%20Honshu,that%20are%20of%20great%20contrast.https://www.britannica.com/event/Onin-Warhttps://beasamurai.me/2018/11/03/japanese-warrior-names-meaning-oda-nobunaga/http://www.samurai-archives.com/nobunaga.htmlhttps://www.ancient.eu/Oda_Nobunaga/https://sengokujidai.org/battles%E3%80%8C%E5%90%88%E6%88%A6%E3%80%8D/battles/battle-of-ino%E3%80%8C%E7%A8%B2%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E6%88%A6%E3%81%84%E3%80%8D/https://sengokujidai.org/characters-and-clans%e3%80%8c%e4%ba%ba%e7%89%a9%e3%83%bb%e6%b0%8f%e3%80%8d/oda-nobunaga%e3%80%8c%e7%b9%94%e7%94%b0%e4%bf%a1%e9%95%b7%e3%80%8d/the-subjugation-of-mino-province/https://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/news-events/course/2020/06220000.htmlhttps://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/news-events/assets_c/OkehazaMap.pdfhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Oda-Nobunagahttps://samurai-world.com/akiyama-nobutomo/http://www.hamamatsu-books.jp/en/category/detail/4cbbd3f7c17b4.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Takeda-Shingenhttps://www.samurai-archives.com/mitsuhide.htmlhttps://www.japanpitt.pitt.edu/glossary/honn%C5%8Dji-incidenthttps://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/toyotomi-hideyoshi-napoleon-japan-m.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Hideki Tojo -The Face of Japanese Militarism in WWII 21.09.2026 30λ

  Hideki Tojo -The Face of Japanese Militarism in WWII 23 Mar 2023 --- Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video. Go to https://nordvpn.com/bio to get a 2-year plan plus 4 months for free! It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by NordVPN. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Lucky Luciano: The Architect of the American Mafia 21.09.2026 27λ

  Lucky Luciano: The Architect of the American Mafia 25 Jan 2022 --- Go to https://curiositystream.thld.co/biographics_0122 and use code BIOGRAPHICS to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Curiosity Stream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Nathanael Greene - The Fighting Quaker Who Became Washington's Most Steadfast Officer 21.09.2026 26λ

  Nathanael Greene - The Fighting Quaker Who Became Washington's Most Steadfast Officer 26 Dec 2022 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Babe Ruth: American Sports Icon 21.09.2026 28λ

  Babe Ruth: American Sports Icon 7 Oct 2022 --- Go to https://nordvpn.com/bio to get a 2-year plan plus 4 months for free with a huge discount! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by NordVPN. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  John Tyler: The Most Hated President of the 19th Century 21.09.2026 28λ

  John Tyler: The Most Hated President of the 19th Century 30 Jan 2023 --- Get an exclusive NordVPN deal here: https://nordvpn.com/bio - It's risk-free with Nords 30-Day money-back guarantee! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by NordVPN. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Truman Capote: The Flawed Author of In Cold Blood 21.09.2026 29λ

  Truman Capote: The Troubled Author of In Cold Blood 18 Jan 2024 --- Truman Capote was a darling of the New York literary set long before he became an international sensation with the publication of his novel In Cold Blood in 1965. He had written short stories and essays, novels, a novella, contributed to screenplays, and provided critical essays on other works. A Southerner by birth, he was a fixture of the New York social scene. After he published In Cold Blood, he found himself in demand for talk shows and public appearances. Magazines and newspapers peppered him for interviews and commentary. An openly gay celebrity was a rarity at the time. Capote was not only openly gay, he was flamboyantly gay. He hobnobbed with celebrities, claimed sexual relationships with celebrities of both sexes (including Errol Flynn and Greta Garbo), attended lavish parties, and became a dominant personage in society in New York, London, and Beverly Hills. Among the many celebrities he partied with were Lee Radziwill and her sister Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Princess Margaret, Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger, and Elizabeth Taylor. He seemed to thrive on little more than drugs, alcohol, gossip, and controversy. He gleefully feuded with some celebrities, including author Gore Vidal, who once said of him, “Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art”. Capote responded with the comment, “Of course, I’m always sad about Gore. Very sad that he has to breathe every day”. Their feud continued until Capote's death, which Vidal described to a press reporter as “a wise career move”. By the end of his life, Capote had made being a celebrity the focus of his career, having not published anything but a few essays since the appearance of In Cold Blood in 1966. Yet he had remained one of the major literary influences of the late 20th century. In 1968, Truman Capote sat for an extensive interview with Playboy Magazine. During the course of the interview, which covered that year’s presidential election, the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and his fellow writers and artists, Playboy asked him, “Are there any writers on the current literary scene whom you consider truly great?”. Capote responded, “Yes. Truman Capote”. He then listed several others he considered “commendable”. Gore Vidal was not among them. And none ranked equally to him, in his estimation. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/14/gore-vidal-gripped-a-nation https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/books/truman-capote-playboy-interview/ https://archives.nypl.org/mss/469 https://archive.org/details/capotebiography0000clar/mode/2up?view=theater https://scholar.harvard.edu/michaeluy/publications/performing-catfish-row-soviet-union-everyman-opera-company-and-porgy-and-bess https://untappedcities.com/2021/03/24/truman-capote-house-brooklyn/ https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2012/aug/06/review-breakfast-at-tiffanys-truman-capote https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-two-forgotten-pieces-tell-us-about-harper-lee https://lithub.com/how-truman-capote-was-destroyed-by-his-own-masterpiece/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/28/rolling-stones-us-tour-1972-archive https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/956957275 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Captain William Kidd - From Privateer to Pirate Hunter to Pirate 21.09.2026 26λ

  Captain William Kidd - From Privateer to Pirate Hunter to Pirate 6 Feb 2023 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Friedrich Paulus: Capitulating at Stalingrad #sponsored 21.09.2026 31λ

  Friedrich Paulus: Surrender at Stalingrad #sponsored 13 Aug 2025 --- Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://archive.org/details/nemesisofpowerge0000whee/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/operation-barbarossa https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210908-an-unprecedented-humanitarian-catastrophe-the-siege-of-leningrad-80-years-on https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-stalingrad https://www.npr.org/2022/08/23/1119139781/stalingrad-germans-soviets-hitler-stalin-wwii-world-war-ii https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/stunning-victories-ultimate-defeat/ https://jmvh.org/article/stalingrad-the-hinge-of-history-how-hitlers-hubris-led-to-the-defeat-of-the-sixth-army/ https://en.nuremberg.media/cross-examination/20210211/112113/Five-minutes-to-Paulus.html https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/friedrich-paulus-9843.php Sponsor ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Mithridates: The Roman Republic's Most Dangerous Enemy [Re-uploaded, FIXED] 21.09.2026 34λ

  Mithridates: The Roman Republic's Greatest Enemy [Re-uploaded, FIXED] 1 May 2024 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase of a website/domain using the code BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Stuff: Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Link Tree to Books and Socials: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: B.C. McGing - The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator Appian - The Mithridatic Wars Justinus - Philippic Histories https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mithridates-vi-eupator-dionysos https://www.livius.org/articles/person/mithridates/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Mithridates_VI/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Edward England: The Pirate Captain Who Was Marooned... and Survived 21.09.2026 24λ

  Edward England: The Pirate Captain Who Was Marooned... and Survived 2 Aug 2021 --- Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉 Get up to 65% OFF in your subscription ▶️ here: https://go.babbel.com/12m65-youtube-biographies-aug-2021/default → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Babbel. Source/Further reading: https://books.google.ro/books?id=bU6ML_VnXTwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=edward%20england&f=false http://www.piratesofnassau.com/the-republic-of-pirates/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40580/40580-h/40580-h.htm#page-113 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/20/sunken-1715-spanish-fleet-gold-coins https://www.historytoday.com/1715-plate-fleet-and-rise-pirates https://www.britannica.com/biography/Woodes-Rogers https://goldenageofpiracy.org/history/post-spanish-succession-period/kings-pardon-1718.php https://www.guide-ireland.com/culture/edward-england/ https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng1091.htm https://www.pirateshowcancun.com/blog/famous-buccaneer-blaggards/what-is-marooning/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Peter Freuchen: The Incredible Life of the Arctic Explorer 21.09.2026 25λ

  Peter Freuchen: The Incredible Life of the Arctic Explorer 6 Sep 2021 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: https://archive.org/details/vagrantvikingmyl00freu/page/8/mode/2up http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/wegener-diaries/expedition1 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-Mylius-Erichsen https://knudrasmus.dk/the-thule-trading-post-and-the-thule-expeditions https://icyseas.org/2012/07/04/independence-fjord-peary-and-first-thule-expedition/ https://thuleatlas.org/index.html?module=module.overview https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371?fbclid=IwAR2YgOJvxnjR3Mhu5noFZE5sKUOrvCfr8Ce-vjXgvCprbgzvJvr0LkVpOho http://www.arcticthule.com/history/peter-freuchen https://avauntmagazine.com/peter-freuchen/ https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3425/the-remarkable-life-of-peter-freuchen https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023990/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-irving-penn-portrait-for-the-coldest-days-of-winter https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/arctic-relations/2019/10/22/peter-freuchen-the-colonial-adventurer-and-his-legacy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Woodrow Wilson: The Worst Great President? 21.09.2026 32λ

  Woodrow Wilson: The Worst Great President? 21 Feb 2022 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: Biography, overview: https://www.biography.com/us-president/woodrow-wilson  History, overview: https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/woodrow-wilson  Miller Center, life in depth: https://millercenter.org/president/wilson/life-before-the-presidency  Vox, Woodrow Wilson’s racism: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9766896/woodrow-wilson-racist  Wilson’s assaults on Civil Liberties: https://www.cato.org/commentary/woodrow-wilsons-racism-isnt-only-reason-princeton-shun-name  NYTimes, is Wilson underrated? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/books/review/patricia-otoole-moralist-woodrow-wilson-biography.html  Puerto Rico becomes territory: https://www.history.com/news/puerto-rico-statehood  US troops in WWI: https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/american-expeditionary-forces  The 14 Points: https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/peace/fourteen-points  Treaty of Versailles: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  David Ben-Gurion: Founding Father of Israel 21.09.2026 28λ

  David Ben-Gurion: Founding Father of Israel 30 Mar 2023 --- Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Warographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9h8BDcXwkhZtnqoQJ7PggA MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntotheShadows TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdWrz8pF6B5Y_c6Zi6pmdQ Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices